Nice work Tom. I have trick you may want to try until you get those rollers made for your steady rest that the Ole Man taught me. What he does is finds an old worm out piece of emery cloth and he wraps that around the shaft or tube in your case with the smooth side toward the tube and the sanded side toward the brass pads on the steady. He makes the piece long enough so he can put the ends of the cloth between the opening of the steady and closes it down on it to keep the cloth from spinning with the tube. I should have added he puts an ample amount of anti seize or grease or something slick between the cloth and the tube. The cloth between the brass pads and the tube with the line on it will glide and won’t let the brass ruin your tube surface. He uses this technique all the time when doing TGP pump shafting. Hope this make since if not I can send a picture. Keep the videos coming!!
Good solution Tom - good use of existing material. I don't think there was anything to gain by going a more complex route just to avoid using dissimilar materials. Solid answer and nice implementation. 5K subscribers won't be long! Good luck and all the best.
They worked out fine Tom. Always good when you can use material you already have in stock. Can't think of any better way of mating steel to aluminium. Bolts will give a strong joint. I like the dolly to move long tubes around. Not sure if Mr Khaos did? Cheers Tom. ATB Nobby
Hey there Nobby. Those dollys come in handy for long material that won't fit through the door long wise. As I get older I need to carry material less and use carts and dollys instead of my back.
don't know about others but when your videos start and you Say Hay Every Body . I findded my self saying Hi Tom just a thing another job well done steel to aluminum is not a good combination at the best of times i think you did really well maybe only thing could have bin a little better a looser fit betwen the one you bolted on as it won't take long for it to rust and the two will never be parted don't know if there would be a reason to take it apart once installed but just think over things any way give the Doggie A big o'll pat from us Cheers Tom
I suppose the electrician was happy with your previous work. Otherwise he wouldn't come back for more. And I'm sure he will come back again for even more after this one.
G'day Tom. We get caught with the longer tube or solid round in the chuck, & with small initial cuts we try to get the ends to the sizes we require, without the part screwing out. The overall job turned out really Great, Your electrition should be well pleased. Or he can always double them up as miniature Truck Stacks 😅😅😅 ( alloy exhaust virtical pipe ) 😅😊 Ted
Hey Ted. It was a bit hairy there trying to finish up the long tube. Working on modifying the steady rest as we speak. Rollers will help, but I can't do much about the egg shaped tubing.
Enjoyed the video/build, watching you wear gloves on the lathe made me think of my buddy Chui who got sucked in due to gloves, pls be safe and drop the gloves….Curious, did your bandsaw cut the tubing that crooked?
Thanks Chuck. I hear ya on the gloves. I don't really like wearing them around moving machinery, but I just get so many metal splinters in my hands and fingers constantly. The bandsaw did cut it that bad, but it is not the saws fault. I had the stock support adjusted too low and I did not notice it till after the cuts. I can thank my concrete guys for the unevenness of my slab.
Trying to turn non-DOM tubing can really suck. It's usually only sort of round. Then it can spring all over the place as you release built in stresses.
Nice work Tom. I have trick you may want to try until you get those rollers made for your steady rest that the Ole Man taught me. What he does is finds an old worm out piece of emery cloth and he wraps that around the shaft or tube in your case with the smooth side toward the tube and the sanded side toward the brass pads on the steady. He makes the piece long enough so he can put the ends of the cloth between the opening of the steady and closes it down on it to keep the cloth from spinning with the tube. I should have added he puts an ample amount of anti seize or grease or something slick between the cloth and the tube. The cloth between the brass pads and the tube with the line on it will glide and won’t let the brass ruin your tube surface. He uses this technique all the time when doing TGP pump shafting.
Hope this make since if not I can send a picture.
Keep the videos coming!!
Awesome tip thanks Mike.
Another happy customer Tom. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. Always something to learn from your projects.
Thank you Jim. 🙏
Happy days Tom, it's always great to get repeat custom, nicely done my mate, hope ya'll keeping well, thanks for sharing
It is. I actually just got an order for 3 more. Happy days indeed!
good job friend Tom..thanks for your time
Another successful job. Thanks Tom...and Mr Kaos, my favourite shop dog.
Thanks for watching and Khaos says "Woof".
Gday Tom, turned out good, one job on the list here is a new steady rest at some stage, great job mate, cheers
Hey Matty. Just started on modifying the Jet steady rest myself.
Nice project Tom. You won't regret putting rollers on your steady rest. I wish I had done it sooner.
Thanks Todd. Working on the change over now.
Very nice. It's great to be able to use what you have laying around.
Thanks Steve. Electrician was real happy with them and just ordered 3 more of the single camera mounts.
Nice one Tom
jigsaw complete with no picture to work to.
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Yep. Glad it came together and my electrician was happy.
Interesting project. Thanks for sharing Tom,
Thanks for watching Dave.
It turned out very nice Tom. Good job
I appreciate it Randy.
Good solution Tom - good use of existing material. I don't think there was anything to gain by going a more complex route just to avoid using dissimilar materials. Solid answer and nice implementation. 5K subscribers won't be long! Good luck and all the best.
Thanks Stuart. Electrician was happy with them. So much that he just ordered 3 more. 🙂
Neat job Tom. Fast, cheap and adequate. Happy customer. Cheers Tony
Thanks Tony. He was happy with them.
Well done mate 👍
Thanks Trevor. Hope you are doing well and getting some shop time in.
I'd say that turned out pretty good!
Thank you Matt. It has been raining here off and on all week. I can send you some if you like. 😀
@@hilltopmachineworks2131 no thanks. We are experiencing daily thunderstorms 😂👍
Thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for watching Craig!
Hot weather, might be the 'dog days' of summer? Still good (but hot) puppy.
Good shop project when time allows is a bigger steady rest for the monarch
Yep. A larger rest would be nice for that lathe.
They worked out fine Tom. Always good when you can use material you already have in stock. Can't think of any better way of mating steel to aluminium. Bolts will give a strong joint. I like the dolly to move long tubes around. Not sure if Mr Khaos did? Cheers Tom. ATB Nobby
Hey there Nobby. Those dollys come in handy for long material that won't fit through the door long wise. As I get older I need to carry material less and use carts and dollys instead of my back.
Good job thanks for sharing Tom
I appreciate it.
don't know about others but when your videos start and you Say Hay Every Body . I findded my self saying Hi Tom just a thing another job well done steel to aluminum is not a good combination at the best of times i think you did really well maybe only thing could have bin a little better a looser fit betwen the one you bolted on as it won't take long for it to rust and the two will never be parted don't know if there would be a reason to take it apart once installed but just think over things any way give the Doggie A big o'll pat from us Cheers Tom
That's awesome! Thanks for your support.
Glad you are getting some work in.
Thanks Brian. It has been a little slower than I would like, but the jobs are trickling in.
I suppose the electrician was happy with your previous work. Otherwise he wouldn't come back for more. And I'm sure he will come back again for even more after this one.
He was. The post driver with the extended stud is working perfectly for him. He also said he would have another camera mount order for me soon.
G'day Tom. We get caught with the longer tube or solid round in the chuck, & with small initial cuts we try to get the ends to the sizes we require, without the part screwing out.
The overall job turned out really Great, Your electrition should be well pleased.
Or he can always double them up as miniature Truck Stacks 😅😅😅 ( alloy exhaust virtical pipe ) 😅😊
Ted
Hey Ted. It was a bit hairy there trying to finish up the long tube. Working on modifying the steady rest as we speak. Rollers will help, but I can't do much about the egg shaped tubing.
Enjoyed the video/build, watching you wear gloves on the lathe made me think of my buddy Chui who got sucked in due to gloves, pls be safe and drop the gloves….Curious, did your bandsaw cut the tubing that crooked?
Thanks Chuck. I hear ya on the gloves. I don't really like wearing them around moving machinery, but I just get so many metal splinters in my hands and fingers constantly. The bandsaw did cut it that bad, but it is not the saws fault. I had the stock support adjusted too low and I did not notice it till after the cuts. I can thank my concrete guys for the unevenness of my slab.
Trying to turn non-DOM tubing can really suck. It's usually only sort of round. Then it can spring all over the place as you release built in stresses.
Hey Robert. It was a bit hairy turning the long piece with the steady in place. The tube was definitely not round.
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You da man!